Wire garment hanger



De 4, 1951 N. s. MCEWEN 2,577,473

' WIRE GARMENT HANGER Filed May 3. 1948 M MEWeiz Patented Dec. 4, 1?5i 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,577,473 WIRE GARMENT HANGER No rman S. McEwen, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 'ApplicationMay a, 1948, Serial No. 24,830

1 Claim. (01. 211 1051 This invention relates to garment hangers and more particularly to those which are formed froming a part of this specification and in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the garment hanger made in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the garment hanger;

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view of said hanger, illustrating it as applied to a supporting structure such as a wall surface; and

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the hanger.

This garment hanger comprises generally a single strand of wire bent to, form a garment receiving portion, two spacing arms, and two supporting legs. More specifically the garment receiving portion 2 is arcuately shaped as illustrated and is formed at the center of the strand, said portion lying in a plane which will be substantially parallel to the surface of the support, such as a wall or door generally indicated by the numeral 3, to which the hanger will be attached, said plane consequently being substantially vertical.

The two spacing arms are indicated by the numerals 4 and 5, and are formed at the ends of the arcuate garment receiving portion, said arms being substantially parallel to each other and extending at right angles to the plane of said garment receiving portion, wherefore they also will be substantially at right angles to the supporting wall surface.

The supporting legs 6 and 1 are formed at the extremities of said arms and extend upwardly in parallel relation with each other, each leg form ing substantially a right angle with the arm of which it is an extension, said legs lying in a plane parallel to the plane of the garment receiving portion, said legs adapted to lie in contact with the surface of the hanger support 3 as clearly indicated in Fig. 3.

The upper portion of each leg is bent over and downwardly as shown in Fig. 1, and sharpened at its end to provide a pin indicated by the numeral 8 which may be driven or pressed into the material of the hanger support 3 (see Fig. 3). The arm 4, the leg 6 and the pin 8 all lie in a common plane which is substantially at right angles to the plane of the garment receiving portion 2, and the combination of the other arm, leg and pin lie in a common plane which is also substantially at right angles to the plane of said garment receiving portion. Thus it will be seen that when the pins are angularly driven into the support, the legs 6 and i will lie in surface contact therewith to strengthen the hanger and prevent accidental disengagement of the hanger from said support due to the weight of the garments applied to the hanger.

In attaching the hanger to the supporting wall surface, the hanger is positioned or held so that the plane of the two spacing arms will be substantially horizontal, and then the hook portions of the hanger are alternately tapped with a hammer to drive the pins into the support, in this operation the legs being maintained parallel to the surface of said support. To remove the hanger, any suitable common tool may be utilized for withdrawing the pins from the support.

Thus it will be seen that by this invention there is provided a hanger for clothing, hats and other articles, said hanger being so formed as to readily be attachable to and detachable from a support such as a door, building wall, or similar structure having a substantially vertical surface. The arcuate formation of the garment receiving portion of the hanger presents a smooth garmentcontacting surface whereby no bulges will be formed in a garment hung thereon. The horizontally disposed arms provide a space between the wall surface and the garment receiving portion, whereby articles may be placed in said space and/or be supported by said arms, said portion preventing dislodgement of said articles from said arms, said portion still being available for other articles.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and arrangements of parts without departing from the spirit of this invention, wherefore it is desired not to be limited to the exact foregoing disclosure except as may be required by the claim.

What is claimed is:

A garment hanger adapted to be hung on a wall surface, comprising a single strand of wire bent to form a garment receiving portion adapted for the reception of a coat, two spacing arms in the same plane, and two supporting legs, the garment receiving portion formed as a single arcuate bend extending upwardly and having a relatively large radius of curvature terminating in the spacing arms and providing a smooth even garment-contacting surface whereby no bulges will be formed in a garment hung thereon, the garment receiving portion disposed wholly in one plane, and the supporting legs disposed wholly in another plane and adapted to contact the wall surface when the hanger is in operative position, said planes substantially parallel to each other and separated by said spacing arms,

said planes also parallel to the wall surface.

upon which the hanger is to be hung and at right angles to the plane of the spacing arms;v each supporting leg terminating in a straight wall-penetrating end portion which is downwardly and angularly bent with respect to the main body portion of the supporting leg.

NORMAN S. MoEWE-N.

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